Danwei translated an article in China Computer World called “F–king Tencent” . The article is about how Tencent’s competitors are mad at Tencent for being the King of Shanzhai internet companies:
Beginning with its first product, OICQ (the former incarnation of Tencent QQ), which copied ICQ, Tencent has never been able to bury its “copying gene.” First it brought in QQ Show and a line of value-added products from Korea, then it imitated Sina by building a portal website. In online gaming, it copied Ourgame (联众) by developing a platform, and then like Shanda brought in international players, started in-house development (like Netease). Then there was the C2C e-commerce site Paipai, and the third-party payment service TenPay (财付通). Without exception, these were “shanzhai” products, which lies at the root of the hatred for Tencent.
I agree with the sentiment. However, all of this were first copied from US high-tech companies. So, to me, Tencent’s competitors attacking Tencent because Tencent “copies” earlier entrants is sort of hypocritical.
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